PURE with Howard Thompson

"1968" w/special guest, Kevin Teare (broadcast 4/6/18)

The Nazz: Open My Eyes 
R. Dean Taylor: Gotta See Jane
The Beatles: While My Guitar Gently Weeps 
Fleetwood Mac: Need Your Love So Bad
The Zombies: This Will Be Our Year 
Bonzo Dog Band: We Are Normal 
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Have You Ever Been (to Electric Ladyland)
Canned Heat: An Owl Song 
Paul Jones: And The Sun Will Shine
Diana Ross & The Supremes: Love Child
John Mayall: Bare Wires Suite 
The Turtles: Elenore 
The Rolling Stones: Parachute Woman 
Dr. John the Night Tripper: Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya 
The Doors: Not To Touch the Earth
Jackie Lomax: Sour Milk Sea 
Buffalo Springfield: The Hour of Not Quite Rain
Timebox: Beggin' 
The Band: Tears Of Rage
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell: You're All I Need to Get By 
The Kinks: Animal Farm 
The Mothers of Invention: Mom & Dad 
Donovan: Hurdy Gurdy Man
Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll & the Trinity: The Road to Cairo
James Brown & the Famous Flames: Licking Stick
The Small Faces: Afterglow of Your Love
Simon & Garfunkel: America
Harvey Mandel: Christo Redentor 
Desmond Dekker & The Aces: (Poor Mi) Israelites 
The Flirtations: Nothing But A Heartache
Procol Harum: Shine On Brightly
Barry Ryan: Eloise
Cream: As You Said 
The Love Affair: Everlasting Love 
Blood, Sweat & Tears: So Much Love/Underture 
The Velvet Underground: White Light/White Heat 
Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper & Steve Stills: It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
Nico: Frozen Warnings
Pentangle: Market Song
The Easybeats: Good Times
Blue Cheer: Summertime Blues

“Word 8” w/Dave Rubin & Vincent Quatroche (broadcast 12/20/19)

Terry Allen & the Panhandle Mystery Band: Bleeder 5:28
David Greenberger, Keith Spring & Dinty Child: What's Going On 1:35
Dave Rubin, A Thousand Tiny Fingers: So 1:34
Vincent Quatroche: Photo On The Desk 2:43
Bill Bissett, th Mandan Massacre: She, Still & Curling 3:31  
Phil Rambow: The Strong Sweet Smell of Incense 2:24      
Dave Rubin & the Emblems: The Words 1:39
Roman Tsivkin & the Box Sets: Finnegan’s Wake 2:05   
Matt Wilson: Prairie Barn (read by Jeff Lederer) 2:10
Marianne Faithfull: Prologue 2:00 
Vincent Quatroche: Welcome To Gridville 2:21
Vincent Quatroche: Theme from Vapor X
Vincent Quatroche: All the Old Cars 5:14
Rev. Moose Jackson: O'Neil's Lament 4:24           
Suli Breaks: Adulthood 2:58                                     
Dave Rubin: AV Squad 1:58
Dave Rubin & the Emblems: Every Dive Bar 1:50
Dave Rubin & the Emblems: King of Cool 3:31
Roy Harper: Clones 1:30
The Red Propellers: Pink Knives Sharpened 1:17
Lemmy: On politics 0:48
Ginger Baker Trio: East Timor 4:40
Alan Vega: Screamin Jesus 4:40
Iggy Pop: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night 1:44
Vincent Quatroche: Dream of the Steel Balls 4:49
Vincent Quatroche: Health Department Nightmare 
Vincent Quatroche: Rubber Eden 
Leonard Cohen: Moving On 
Kris Kristofferson & Willie Nelson: I Still Miss Someone
Marianne Faithfull: Epilogue
Dave Rubin & the Emblems: Eternal Pursuit 
Dave Rubin, A Thousand Tiny Fingers: Psychedelic Steppenwolves 
Dave Rubin, A Thousand Tiny Fingers: This Is Our Music
Lou Reed, Willem Dafoe: The Raven 
Vincent Quatroche: Alcoholic Adjunct 
Vincent Quatroche: Awake and Dreaming in LA
Ivor Cutler: Doing the Bathroom 
John Dee Holeman: Hambone 
Dave Rubin & The Emblems: LDL Blues
Dave Rubin & The Emblems: Legend 
Doug Stanhope: Excess in Moderation 

“Merry Crampsmas” (broadcast 12/1/17)

Bill Doggett: Ram Bunk Shus
The Cramps: She Said
Drits & Dravy: Talk That Talk (Part 2)
The Johnny Burnette Trio: Eager Beaver Baby
Bobby Lonero: Little Bit
The Cramps: The Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon
Jackie & The Starlites: Valarie
Billy Ward & The Dominoes: The Bells
The 5 Jones Boys: Mr Ghost Goes To Town
The Ideals: Knee Socks
The Cramps: Wet Nightmare
Ronnie Dawson: Action Packed 
Ric Gary: Pimples And Braces
Les Baxter: Lust 
Jack Ross: Mumbles
The Cramps: You Got Good Taste
Terri ‘Cup Cake’ O’Mason: Triangle
Horace Heller: Ed's Place
Moses Longpiece: Slide Her Under The Door
The Antwinettes: Kill It
The Cramps: Kizmiaz
The Highlights: Ah So! 
The Musical Linn Twins: Indian Rock
David Houston: One And Only
Lee Braun: Talk About A Party
The Cramps: Goo Goo Muck
The Revels: Intoxica
Johnny Beeman: Laffin' Beatnik
Bob Bunny: The Joker
Terry Corin And Her Boyfriends: Sick! Sick! Sick!
The Cramps: Save It
Jo Ann Castle: Cherokee 
The Red Callender Sextet: Voodoo
Marvin & Johnny: Ding Dong Baby
The Forbidden Five: RFD Rangoon
The Cramps: New Kind of Kick
Mr. Sunshine: Marijuana, The Devil's Flower 
The Bikinis: Crazy Vibrations
Marvin Rainwater: Boo Hoo
The Charts: Ooba Gooba
The Cramps: Fever
John & Jackie: Little Girl 
Betty McQuade: Tongue Tied
Wanda Jackson: Riot In Cell Block #9
The Jet Streams: Who Me?
The Cramps: Like a Bad Girl Should
The Sabres: My Hot Mama
Ron Haydock: 99 Chicks
Danny Dell & The Trends: Froggy
The Duals: Wait Up Baby
The Cramps: Shortnin' Bread 
Roland Janes: Guitarville 
The Camelots: The Chase Pt 2 
Frank Motley & His Motley Crew: Honkin' At Midnight
Ivan: Real Wild Child
Charlie Feathers: Wild Wild Party 
The Cramps: Bop Pills
Andre Williams: Pass The Biscuits Please
The Cramps: Human Fly
PSAs
The Cats & The Fiddle: Killin' Jive
The Tokens: Bwanina (Pretty Girl)
The Earthworms: Mo' Taters

"Waifs & Strays 2" (broadcast 8/16/13)

PURE theme (Danny Gatton: Funky Mama) 
Marianne Faithfull: Love Song 
Bill Evans: Waltz For Debbie
Geraint Watkins: It’s A Fabulous Thing 
Robert Johnson: I'm A Steady Rollin' Man 
Swingadelic: Up The Creek 
Richard Thompson: Madonna’s Wedding 
Fairport Convention: Percy’s Song (BBC, Top Gear 6/4/69) 
Daisy House: Emma In The Morning 
Urna Chahar-Tugchi: Hödööd 
Mickey Newbury: She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye 
Elvis Presley: For Ol' Times Sake (Take 4)
Tony Joe White: The Gift 
John Mayer: Call Me The Breeze 
Mac Gayden: Morning Glory 
Mark Knopfler: Got To Have Something
Ollie Vee: Luck Like Me 
Two Tons Of Steel: Mama 
Brad Paisley: Cluster Pluck 
Bob Marley & The Wailers: Thank You Lord (vocal channel) 
Fat Freddy's Drop: Bohannon 
Family: The Weaver's Answer 
Audience: The House On The Hill
Patto: Singing The Blues On Reds 
Mott The Hoople: Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll 
Mott The Hoople: Roll Away The Stone 
Ian Hunter: Something To Believe In 
Ian Hunter & The Rant Band: Just The Way You Look Tonight 
Ian Hunter: Once Bitten Twice Shy
Ian Hunter: Still Love Rock and Roll 
The Tubes: Don't Touch Me There 
Hookworms: Preservation 
The Ramones: Cretin Hop 
The Stooges: TV Eye 
Elvis Presley: Spanish Eyes 
Elvis Presley: Promised Land 
Elvis Presley: Talk About The Good Times 

"Last Year’s Best Reissues" (broadcast 1/24/19)

The King's Singers: After The Gold Rush 
Deanna Storey & John Brion: Little Person 
Headless Heroes: True Love Will Find You In The End 
Morgana King: It's A Quiet Thing 
Peter Ivers: In Heaven 
T. Valentine: Teen-Age Jump 
Little Mack Simmons: I'm Tore Down
Rufus Jagneaux: Opelousas Sostan 
Clifton Chenier: It Happened So Fast 
Frankie Paul: Kushumpeng 
Queen Ifrica: Lioness On The Rise 
Yellowman: Zungguzungguguzungguzeng 
Barbara Lynn: (Until Then) I'll Suffer 
Linda Jones: What Can I Do (Without You) 
Carolyn Sullivan: Dead! 
Dee Dee Warwick: Foolish Fool 
Nina Simone: Baltimore 
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Mistadobalina 
KMD: Peachfuzz: 
Naughty By Nature: O.P.P. 
Michael Rother: Silberstreif 
Ray Ethier: Slave Girl 
Suicide: Johnny 
Ray Price: Crazy Arms 
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys: It's Mighty Dark To Travel 
Jerry Lee Lewis: Swinging Doors 
The Grateful Dead: Mama Tried 
John Kongos: He's Gonna Step On You Again 
Tiffany w/the Thoughts: Baby Don't Look Down
Norman Greenbaum: Spirit In The Sky
Mott The Hoople: Rock And Roll Queen
The Open Mind: Magic Potion
The Raspberries: I Wanna Be With You 
The Flamin' Groovies: Shake Some Action [first version] 
Roky Erickson & The Aliens: White Faces 
Canned Heat: Remember Woodstock 
Happy Mondays: Kinky Afro 
Alabama 3: Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness 
The Pink Fairies: The Snake 
MC5: The American Ruse
Detroit: Rock 'n Roll 
Mick Ronson: Growing Up And I'm Fine 
Motörhead: Stay Clean
The Reverse Cowgirls: Lost Tribes 
Fleetwood Mac: The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown)
Suicide: Frankie Teardrop 10:24

“New Releases” (broadcast 2/1/13)

Danny Gatton: Funky Mama 4:37
Hundred Waters: Are/Or 4:02
Soft Hearted Scientists: Road to Rhayader5:23
Kathy Randels / ArtSpot Productions: Anthem/Psalm 23 4:58
The Lake Poets: Edinburgh 4:34
Brett Dennen: Hard Times Come Again No More 2:10
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit: Tour Of Duty (live) 3:35
Mary Gauthier: Last of the Hobo Kings (live) 6:23
Kris Kristofferson: Stairway To The Bottom 3:36
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison: Border Radio 2:50
Amanda Cevallos: He Won't Stop Leavin' Me Alone 3:17
Dale Watson & His Lone Stars: Cowboy Boots 3:14
The Mavericks: Come Unto Me 4:29
Richard Thompson: Good Things Happen To Bad People 4:36
Robben Ford: Oh, Virginia 4:20
Villagers: Judgement Call 3:23
Nataly Dawn: Even Steven 3:23
Jenny O: Good Love 3:59
Melody's Echo Chamber: I Follow You 3:32
The Noisettes: Star 4:07
The Strokes: One Way Trigger 3:56
The Delta Saints: Boogie 4:06
The Strypes: You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover 2:46
Thorcraft Cobra: Party Clock (Radio Edit) 3:29
Red Baraat: Shruggy Ji 6:26
Michael Prophet: Your Love (Mungo’s HiFi remix, feat. Ricky Tuffy) 3:42
Divine Fits: Like Ice Cream 3:39
Ducktails: Assistant Director 3:54
Toro Y Moi: Grown Up Calls 3:30
King Penguin: Dear Eloise 4:59
Jake Bugg: Taste It 2:25
Johnny Marr: The Right Thing Right 3:39 
Flaming Lips: The Sun Blows Up 3:05
Eric Burdon: Bo Diddley Special 5:29
Annette And Chenley Duffus: Million Dollar Baby 2:39
Alton Ellis & The Flames: Something You've Got 2:41
Robyn Hitchcock: Be Still 3:57
Robyn Hitchcock: End Of Time 6:25

“Recent Gems” (broadcast 3/3/17)

Soundwalk Collective w/Jesse Paris Smith/Patti Smith: Evening of Light 4:50
Mikel Rouse: Inside the Waste of Time 10:13
Simon Fisher Turner: Stem Jars 1:34
The Necks: Blue Mountain 20:49
Kid Koala w/Emiliana Torrini: Nightfall Pale Blue 2:48
Mark Dagley: Uranus Hill Fantasy 3:48
Throttle Elevator Music: Playing The Alleyway 5:21
Bruce Wooley & Polly Scattergood: Video Killed The Radio Star 4:01
Mark Eitzel: An Answer 4:33
David Houston: Almost Persuaded 2:54
Alison Krauss: You Don't Know Me 4:16
John Prine w/Peter Cooper: I Sang The Song 3:34
The Ancient Order of Froth Blowers: Kentish Town Song 4:12
Beránci a Vlci: Isli, Isli 2:56
Queen Ifrica: Lie Dem Ah Tell 3:31
The Heptones: Love Has Many Faces 3:06
The Beat (feat. Ranking Roger): On My Way 2:58
Madness: Mr Apples 3:32
Pete Fowler: One Heart One Song 3:21
The Sir Douglas Band: Texas Tornado 2:52
Gene Casey: Tony Joe White 4:18
JD McPherson: A Little Respect 3:44
Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men: Middle of Nowhere 3:11
Robyn Hitchcock: Autumn Sunglasses 5:02
Chuck Prophet: In the Mausoleum (After Alan Vega) 3:46
Alan Vega: Video Babe 3:17
Ray Davies: Poetry 5:01
The Weeklings: Don't Know, Don't Care 2:17
The Standells: Try It 2:44
Frank Turner: The Sand In the Gears (Live) 3:55
Randy Thompson: 33rd Of August 4:32
The Godfathers: Till My Heart Stops Beating 4:00
Dan Baird & Homemade Sin: Licka Sense 3:54

"PURE Faves, 2025" (broadcast 12/19/25)

Julee Cruise: Up In Flames
Mark Bingham: I Know Nothing
Robert Plant: I Never Will Marry
Chrissie Hynde: Love Letters (feat. Shirley Manson)
Waylon Jennings: Wrong Road Again
Gene Casey: It’s True
Hollie Cook: Take Me In Your Arms
Lola Young: Spiders
Lola Young: Messy
Emma Swift: The Resurrection Game
Tom Verlaine: Breakin’ In My Heart
Mickey Newbury: San Francisco Mabel Joy
Ashley Monroe: Bitter Swisher Sweet (w/Brittney Spencer)
Alison Krauss & Union Station: North Side Gal
Getdown Services: Dog Dribble
The Red Propellers: Can’t Un-Pull A Trigger
Harvey Mandel: Freak of Dawn
World Party: Ship Of Fools
Garbage: The Day That I Met God
Mozart Estate: Listening To Marmalade
Pictish Trail: Another Way
Marianne Nowottny: The Last Beat Of My Heart
Lera Lynn: Cherry Tree
David Bowie: Rebel Never Gets Old (Radio Mix)
Dub Pistols & Freestylers: Ska Train (feat. JA-13 & Derrick Morgan) 
Eek A Mouse: Roots Rock Reggae
The Rolling Stones: Shame, Shame, Shame
the Courettes: Christmas (I Can Hardly Wait) (2025 mix)
The Flashcubes: Reminisce
The Primevals Prairie Chain
James Hunter Six: Ain’t That A Trip (feat. Van Morrison)
So Good: I Rewrote The Fucking Bible
Motӧrhead & The Damned: Neat Neat Neat
Lagwagon: Rock 'N' Roll

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“Big Jim Sullivan, guitarist” (broadcast 11/23/12)

Danny Gatton: Funky Mama
Marty Wilde: A Teenager In Love
Eddie Cochran: 20 Flight Rock
Peter Sellers, Sophia Loren: Goodness Gracious Me
Billy Fury: Halfway To Paradise
Mike Berry & The Outlaws: Tribute to Buddy Holly
John Leyton: Johnny Remember Me
Mike Sarne: Come Outside
Jet Harris: Man With The Golden Arm
Johnny Kidd & the Pirates: A Shot of Rhythm & Blues
Heinz: Just like Eddie
The Marauders: That's What I Want
Dusty Springfield: I Only Want To Be With You
Bern Elliot & The Fenmen: Money
Cilla Black: Anyone Who Had a Heart
The Mojo’s: Everything's Alright
PJ Proby: Hold Me
Dave Berry: Crying Game
Marianne Faithfull: As Tears Go By
Twinkle: Terry
Sandie Shaw: Girl Don't Come
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames: Yeh Yeh
The Kinks: Tired Of Waiting For You
Tom Jones: It's Not Unusual
The Birds: Leaving here
Chris Andrews: Yesterday Man
Crispian St. Peters: You Were On My Mind
Little Richard: Rocking Chair
Chris Farlowe: Out Of Time
Lulu: Boat That I Row  
The Tremloes: Silence Is Golden 
The Smoke: My Friend Jack
Donovan: Sunshine Superman 
Small Faces: Itchycoo Park
David Bowie: Let Me Sleep Beside You 
Love Affair: Everlasting Love
Dave Dee etc: The Legend Of Xanadu
Barry Ryan Eloise 
Thunderclap Newman: Something In the Air
Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg: Je T'Aime...Moi, Non Plus
Family: No Mule's Fool 
John Kongos: Tokoloshe Man 
Pilot: Magic 
Walker Bros: No Regrets
Chas & Dave: Strummin' 
Big Jim Sullivan: If I Could Only Play Like That
Big Jim Sullivan: Sunshine Superman 3:28

“Chuck Berry, 90 (w/Gene Casey)” (broadcast 10/21/16)

Chuck Berry: Rockin’
Chuck Berry: Woodpecker
Elvis Presley: Maybellene 
Chuck Berry: The Way It Was Before
The Kinks: Beautiful Delilah
Chuck Berry: Bio
MDQ/Waylon Jennings: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Chuck Berry: The Little Girl From Central 
Bob Cort Skiffle: School Days
Chuck Berry: Tulane
Dave Edmunds: It's My Own Business
Chuck Berry: My Mustang Ford
Rod Stewart: Sweet Little Rock 'N Roller
Chuck Berry: Go Go Go
The Beatles: I Got to Find My Baby (BBC, 6/11/63)
Chuck Berry: Down The Road Apiece
Rolling Stones: Come On (BBC Sat’day Club, 10/26/63)
Chuck Berry: Thirteen Question Method
Johnnie Allen: Promised Land 
Chuck Berry: Sue Answer
Slade: I'm a Rocker
Chuck Berry: Liverpool Drive
Carlos Santana & Santana: Havana Moon
Chuck Berry: Let's Do Our Thing Together 
Black Claw: Around and Around 
Chuck Berry: My Little Love-Light
Lonnie Mack: Memphis 
Chuck Berry: Little Marie 
Pat Wayne & the Beachcombers: Roll Over Beethoven
Chuck Berry: Reelin' & Rockin' (live, ’72)
Jerry Lee Lewis: No Particular Place To Go (live, Municipal Auditorium, Birmingham, Alabama ‘64) 
Chuck Berry: Oh Yeah 
Love Sculpture: You Can't Catch Me 
Chuck Berry: Dear Dad 
Emmylou Harris: You Never Can Tell 
Chuck Berry: Too Late 
The Pretty Things: Oh Baby Doll 
Chuck Berry: Have Mercy Judge 
Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks: Forty Days
Chuck Berry: I Want To Be Your Driver 
MC5: Back In the USA 
Chuck Berry: It Wuden't Me 
The Band: Going Back To Memphis 
Chuck Berry: Hi Heel Sneakers
Tom Petty/Heartbreakers: Jaguar & Thunderbird (live)
Chuck Berry: Johnny B Goode (live, ‘72)